WHO Myanmar: Situation report #1: 2 August 2018

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"Heavy monsoon rains since early July 2018 have resulted in flooding...Four states and regions have been affected...More than 120,000 people have been displaced in up to 288 evacuation centres...Government is leading the response, with the Ministry of Health and Sports (MoHS) spearheading the health response...MoHS activated the Health Emergency Operations Centre which have been monitoring and coordinating among central, state, and township level health departments in order to ensure an effective health response to all affected population...In Mon State, 2 826 patients received medical care from respective local health departments, and with no cases of infectious diseases of public health concern reported as at 1 Aug 2018..."

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World Health Organisation (WHO)

Date of Publication: 

2018-08-02

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2019-06-13

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  • Individual Documents

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Myanmar

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English

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pdf

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text

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